Iris's POV.
Slowly I turned to look at the owner of the voice.
"Good day..."
"I don't need your greetings, I am here to warn you, to stay away from my Rupert.'
"Sorry, who are you?"
"I am Celina, Rupert's mate, and you should know that as his mate, I hate to see any female wolf around him, talk more of a cheap one locking lips with my man."
"Noted!" I turned to continue what I was doing, but she dragged my hair from behind, taking me unaware, she pushed my face into the tub of water. I struggle to get free.
"She is such a weakling, now I know why you have to train, you needed to be strong, so you could be beside my Rupert, you want to be his Luna right?"
"Celina, let go of her." That was Campbell's voice, he didn't take time before pushing her off me, I staggered back, trying to catch my breath, Campbell held me, I was breathing fast and unstable, and this demon woman would have killed me.
"Campbell!!!" She faked her tears as she tried to get empathy from Campbell, I stared at her confused. "I only came here to train since Father said that in the next fortnight, Rupert will be the Alpha and I have been his mate, I should be...'
"Celina, you should stop, I saw you hurting her..."
"Yes because she attacks me first, saying that she is going to take Rupert away from me, she is going to make Rupert reject..."
"That is not true, I didn't say anything of such and..."
"Come on, you don't have to explain, I believe you."
"What? Do you believe this woman over your Luna?"
"Celina, you should stop, you are not yet the Luna, and even if you are, I am still the son of the alpha and I might end up as the gamma of this pack, which means, my voice could still be heard, if I were you, I will stay away from her."
"Campbell..."
"Prince Campbell, that is what it is to you, even if you become the Luna."
"Of course, I will become the Luna to my mate."
"Mate indeed, mate you have abandoned him for two good years, mate that you have looked in his eyes and called a monster. It's not my business if he still takes you as his Luna because he is head over heels for you. After all, you were his first crush, first love, and first mate."
Campbell grabbed my hand and led me out, after talking for some time, he decided to drop me off while he left, sitting on the couch, those three words didn't leave my head, "First Crush" "first love" "first mate"
No need to fight it, she had a great effect on Rupert, I should leave fast, so I could leave before the fortnight, my tears dropped, when her words that she was going to be the next Luna fell on my ear, my tears drop, I don't know why I feel bad she said, she is going to be the Luna, now I understand, I have feelings for him, gush, I am in love with Rupert. How did this happen? My tears drop, I can't do this, I can't watch them together.
"Then you should train, so you could leave before their lovey-dovey start and she becomes the Luna and frustrate life from you."
Sally is right, I grabbed the spear, bow, arrows, and my water jar, this time, I ran through the road, it was getting darker but I was determined to achieve success, as I ran, I remember all the hurtful words of Hilary, and that of my mate Rejecting me, tears drop my eyes, I wipe it off.
Rupert will not always be there for me, I should do it myself, the field is in sight, I smiled that even in my human form, I have run through the wood, jumped on these brunches, and detected the dead ones, I jumped through that trees, air, those flesh air was all I needed.
Getting to the field, I tried to practice what I learned from the book, I found myself pulling my muscles side by side, dragging my feet, and trying to jump from the floor to trees, learning martial arts would help.
I dragged my arms, I need to be flexible, swinging myself off the floor, as I turned yet stood on my feet.
"You should be able to control your balance."
"A warrior should be flexible, struck defense, and able to fly in the air for thirty seconds."
"Can move a thousand pounds, defeat a hundred soldiers."
"Memorizing the words in the book, they were like Rupert's words, I swing the sword, in tens, then hundred, then thousand, I was determined, determined to get strong, the night was long, yet in my favor."
"No alpha wants a weak wolf."
"You are only good enough for a man's bed, not even for a Luna.'
With every hurtful word, it seemed like my strength bottle and I was not going back to being a weakling, I trained through the night but I didn't get tired, the next morning, before the break of dawn, I filled the bucket with water, one at my right and the other at my left.
The top of the hill. That was all I focused on, with my hand outstretched, and climbed each step to go up the hill, the sun met my face at the hill, and we did it.
Sally screamed in my head, as my breath accelerated and a sweet smile spread across my face. I never thought I could do it, now it's time to shoot arrows, each arrow I shot was into the sculpture.
"Whoa!" A hand of applause echoed from behind me, I turned and looked at Ariana. "Hey!"
"Hi Ariana, what are you doing here?"
"I came to see the warrior princess."
"Don't be ridiculous, I am not...'
"Stop lying to me, that mark on your neck, behind your ear, it's a mark of royalties "
"Mark!!!" I tried to feel it, dragged out the mirror for me to see it, but I never saw that there.
"You don't have to be surprised all daughters of an alpha get that when they can master their true energy if they haven't met their mate or they were rejected by them. So tell me, are you the daughter of an alpha and how did you end up here at my brother's castle?"
I looked at her, she ogled at me, her stare was strong, I parted my lips and found myself telling her everything from how I found my mate to when he killed my parents and then rejected me and claimed my best friend as if that wasn't enough, he sold me to alpha David, so he could use me for his harem.
"What?"
"Yes, that is how I ended up in Rupert's castle.'
"Did you tell him?"
"No, but he knew I was once in that brothel and he had erased that mark from me the very minutes he imprinted his mark on me.'
"Rupert's imprinted his mark on you.'
"I hope that's what you are thinking.' Sally's words in my head, I sighed knowing I couldn't have Rupert, the thought that he had imprinted his mark on Celina, meant he couldn't do that with another woman, she would always be his until he didn't reject her.
"Iris, did I say...'
"No, I just need to train."
"Trained!"
"Yes, I need to get back my pack, I need to leave, so that I will not be here when Rupert becomes the alpha, I don't want him and his..." I paused, the thought of Rupert kissing another broke my heart, and my tears dropped, I wish Sally didn't make me build up these feelings for Rupert.
"Iris, you are crying? Do you love Rupert's?" I nodded, I didn't want to hide it anymore, I loved him and there was no way I could stop the feeling.
"Yes, I am in love with your cousin Rupert."
"You are what?" Celina yelled, running towards me.